Thanks to all for your well-wishes after my last post, and also to
MieMie for adding me to the table.
Shugar and Ong, congratulations!! Hmmm... both of you have the same EDD on 1 Oct and are the first to announce your deliveries on the same day!
My gynae also mentally prepared me for delivery this week but after VE today, she advised that she will schedule a c-sect for me next Tue, 22 Oct, which is good timing as my confinement lady, aka my mum will return from her vacation by then and bb will have reached 37 weeks. BB has engaged (err... not his head but his bum; gynae could even feel it during VE!), amniotic fluid remains constant (i.e. low) but we are relieved that bb’s wt has gone back on track and his heart is beating strongly
. Hope he will break the 3kg mark in the next couple of days. Also given jab to mature bb’s lungs. Gynae warned me that it may be painful but turned out not so bad, probably due to my fat bum. Like Mother like Son? Ha.
Re: Name
Gotta quickly confirm Chinese name liao... I must say you gals really have a knack for coming up with those very 气质 names I wish I could have thought of! On the other hand, your twists on certain names got me laughing hard.
We have more or less decided on bb’s English name – Alexander Ray. Alexander after one of my idols Aleksandr Popov, this cool Russian swimmer. Glad that hubby is agreeable cos he admires Popov’s talent too. Ray as in ray of hope/(sun)light... not too much sun please or our mr ox will be sweating a lot, ha.
Re: C-sect
Also have to decide whether to do the c-sect with GA, epidural or spinal... just got to know of this “spinal” method today... anyone has any experience to share? Ong?
And any special item that we need to bring for c-sect (particularly at TMC)? I have only packed my own necessities in the hospital bag and nothing for bb as TMC is supposed to provide everything. Can or not? Ong, any advice? (sorry to keep bothering you)
Oh it's late, gonna stop my essay writing ... need to go back to gynae for another jab tomororw. Good night ladies.